Senior swimmer Konner Scott swam fast at State over the weekend–and, as he has done every year he has gone to State, made a name for himself, a name that the State officials had a hard time getting right.
The mix-up with his name didn’t bother Scott in the least, who qualified second and third in his two individual events (the 100 and 200 free), and finished fifth and third in those respective events.
Scott said is he happy about his prelims on Friday, but not as happy about his swimming on Saturday
“My prelims were really good,” he said. “On Saturday, I was a little nervous. I swam well in the 200 and finished third, and I was swimming really well in the 100 [he was second for most of the race], when I swam into the lane line in the last 20 meters.”
The other State qualifiers from West also performed well: senior Elliott Kerbel finished 38 out of 43 in the 100 fly and 27 out of 44 in the 200 free; senior diver Zach Rothstein finished 25 out of 48 in diving, and the teams two relays also did well. The relay of Scott, Kerbel, senior Tim Binkley, and junior Ryan Miller placed 28 out 34 in the 400 relay; and Scott, Kerbel, Binkley, and senior Sam Stein were two spots and only .02 seconds away from advancing to the finals in the 200 free relay (14 out of 30).
Varsity coach Dan Vander Jeugdt said that the team did extremely well both at State and throughout the season.
“Everything the team wanted to accomplish we accomplished,” he said.
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Vishal • Mar 7, 2011 at 7:46 PM
The fact that Konner got fifth in a race where he hit the lane is pretty amazing.
parsha • Mar 7, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Great Job Konner!
crossover • Mar 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM
yes it came up after like ten years the NWN team is slow when it comes to this put fast when jewel Lloyd goes to state for basketball
Rebecca Yun • Mar 3, 2011 at 7:18 PM
Dude, no need to get all dramatic! At least it’s on the website now.
I’m sure that the reason why NWN took a while to write this article was because 1: the team JUST competed a few days ago; 2: maybe the people interviewed for the article weren’t available earlier; or 3: it takes more time to write an article about swimming. What I said doesn’t mean that it’s true, but those could be some possible reasons.
Sure, Jewell Loyd is a great basketball player. I went to Lincoln Hall with her, so I know exactly how good she is. Just because the NWN happens to post more articles about basketball, it doesn’t mean that they favor the sport more than swimming. I’m a swimmer, so I was kind of bummed when there was only one article about girl’s swimming and diving. Believe me, when I am part of the NWN staff next year, I will DEFINITELY change that! As long as I’m part of the NWN, I will make it my duty to have more than three articles written about swimming.
Congratulations to all of the guys on the swim team! You did great!
crossover • Mar 4, 2011 at 1:00 AM
i am not dramatic i am just saying it take forever and i am a swimmer/water polo player. and the people you tried to interview earlier were free most of the time i saw them. i know it takes time to write a article. and if you are a swimmer then make sure that you write more articles on boy/girls swim season instead of jewell loyd making one basket and the whole gils basketball team losing the game
once again let the record show that i have nothing against these people or the team i just am bored and tired of seen articles of the girls basketball team and that i am standing up for every sport that didn’t get a article about there sport or where not recognized by the NWN. like last year in the boys water polo article they for get the best water polo player and how he broke a school record in how many shots he scored in water polo season.
reader • Mar 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM
You know what crossover..you need to relax on the attention thing. The NWN does a good job at giving variety. They’ve got volleyball, golf(yea they have golf…no one every pays attention to them), bball, SWIMMING/DIVING, cross country, soccer, wrestling, etc in their picture galleries. Yea the NWN writes stories about basketball because honestly look how many people watch basketball games compared to swimming.( not saying that’s why they do it–my opinion) And you should be happy of how accomplished everyone is doing this year and not just focus on your own sport. Nick Goldwyn-the ONLY SPORTS WRITER-can only be in so many places at once. If you want the stories you want, then why are you not writing for them? Maybe you should have your very own swimming/diving column and write everything that they do. That should be interesting. Maybe it takes “forever” to get a story up about this sport but it’s still there isn’t it? And the only reason they are writing more about basketball is because look at all the games they have to play to go to state. (regionals-semisectionals-super etc etc.) No one really expected them to get that far. konner’s awesome, but everyone knows that. and everyone else that went is awesome too. But everyone knows you guys rock already. GOOD JOB! What else do you want them to say? Did you really expect boys basket ball to get as far as they are? I didn’t… It’s so funny to me how you complain still even when something gets posted about swimming&diving. Like what more do you want? A play by play about every meet you have? Oh no maybe another sport will get angry how they’re aren’t getting the spot light then! Jeeez relax.
Crossover • Mar 9, 2011 at 10:48 PM
@reader i am not mad and i am not saying that swimming should get more articles then every sport at west. i am saying that every sports at west should get the same amount of articles written about them. i know nick is the only sports writer but i think he should have people help him with his articles.